PREVIEW: Once Upon a River (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kenadi DelaCerna (film debut), John Ashton (Beverly Hills Cop), Tatanka Means (Tiger Eyes), Ajuawak Kapashesit (Indian Horse), Kenn E. Head (film debut), Lindsay Pulsipher (Flutter), Dominic Bogart (Just Mercy), Evan Linder (film debut), Sam Straley (Bernadette), Coburn Goss (Widows), Arie Thompson (film debut), Josephine Decker (Rosehill), H.B. Ward (In Memorium)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Haroula Rose (film debut), director, writer, producer; Jacqueline E. Ingram (Come As You Are), producer; Zac Rae (film debut), composer; Charlotte Hornsby (film debut), cinematographer; Steven Lambiase (film debut) and Sofi Marshall (6 Years), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1970s rural Michigan, Native American teenager Margo Crane (DelaCerna) sets out on an odyssey along the Stark River in search of her estranged mother, after experiencing a close tragedy…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Folk musician Haroula Rose makes her directorial debut with this atmospheric, gothic coming-of-age story that stars outstanding newcomer Kenadi DelaCerna as a soul-searching Native American teen.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 7TH MAY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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